Radiator shield



may 12, 1925. 1,537,452 I F. BLAKEMAN RADIATOR SHIELD Filed May 5, 1924 a M \S I 3mm Patented May 12, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS BLAKEMAN, F EADS, COLORADO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK L.

PYLES, OF LEADS, COLORADO.

RADIATOR SHIELD.

Application filed May 3,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS BLAKEMAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Eads, in the county of Kiowa, and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Radiator Shield, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to automobile radiator shields and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a shield adapted to protect a radiator from freezing and so constructed that the surfaces of the shield panels may be used for advertising purposes.

With this object in view the shield comprises a wire frame adapted to hold the panels in position, the frame being so constructed that it may be connected with the radiator cap and extend down in front of the radiator, the panels are movably mounted upon the frame and may be held at its desired position thereon by engagement with offset shoulders provided at the sides of the frame.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of the radiator shield showing the same applied.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the shield detached.

The radiator shield comprises a rectangular frame 1 formed from a continuous piece of steel wire having its opposite side portions provided with offset shoulders 2. A loop 3 is formed in the wire at the top side of the frame and is disposed at a right angle to the plane of the body portion of the frame. The said loop is adapted to be sprung around the cap of the radiator or the nipple thereof whereby the frame may be 1924. Serial No. 710,861.

disposed in advance of the front side of the radiator of the automobile machine.

The shield also includes one or more panels 4: which maybe of cardboard, tin, sheet asbestos or any other suitable material. Each panel 4 is provided in the vicinity of its upper corners with openings which are lined by eyelets 5, the said eyelets being threaded upon the side portions of the frame 1. As shown in Figure 1, advertising indicia may be applied or affixed to the forward surfaces of the panels 4:.

It isobvious that the panels 4: may be shifted along the side portions of'the frame 1 and may be engaged overthe shoulders 2 thereof so that the said panels may overlap each other at their edge portions as shown in Figure 1 of the drawing whereby the opening through the radiator frame is com pletely covered and consequently the radiator is protected against freezing. Also the panels 4 may be shifted so that all of them may be engaged over or supported by'the said shoulders and in this event part or all of the openings through the radiator frame is uncovered and an unobstructed passage way through the radiator is left for the free movement of the air. V

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1- A radiator shield comprising a rectangular frame formed of wire, the side members being provided with angularly disposed shoulder portionsand panels having openings which receive the said side members of the frame and which are adapted to be supported upon the shoulder portions thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANCIS BLAKEMANQ 

